I'm Movin' On!
Big & Huge Sewing, Quilting, Textile Art Sale!
Friday June 22 & Saturday June 23, 2018
New Albin, IA 10am - 4pm
Sometimes life just carries you forward, sort of like floating along on a raft on a river.... I've managed to collect several lifetime's worth of fabrics for quilting, garment sewing, fabric textile arts and all the geegaws to go along with it over my lifetime. It would take me several different lives to use all I've managed to hoard away.
It isn't that I don't love sewing or quilting any longer, simply that I feel other interests calling me strongly. Occasionally you have to listen to that little voice telling you it is time. Time to clean out the closets and drawers, time to clean out the old to make room for the new.
While I will definitely miss my wall of color and the fabulous imaginings of my mind in creating new quilts and art, I'm also eager to see what this new chapter of my life will contain. I'm past the mental arguing with myself about this decision, although it took me several years and some anguished self talk. Real change takes time.
This is your incredible opportunity to make out like a bandit as I liquidate most of my sewing collections. I will be posting photos of items I'm selling here on this blog regularly, so check back every couple of days. I think you will love what you see.
The sale dates are firm, not accounting for an apocalyptic event, in which case I'll announce any date change on this blog.
*** This is important!***
To be fair to everyone, I can't accommodate any early sales. I want this sale to be as equitable as possible for everyone attending. I will open my doors promptly at 10am, not a minute before. If you are driving some distance, there are a couple of good little restaurants in town serving coffee and baked goods.
I strongly prefer cash, but I have the ability to process credit cards. If you want to use your credit card, I have a couple of conditions: 1. Credit card sales need to be a minimum of $30.00. 2. I'll add a 5% convenience charge to cover the credit card processing fees. Please do not be offended! Credit cards fees are an additional expense, and I will not be making profit like a retail shop. You'll be receiving wholesale or better prices.
Please, do not attempt to bargain with me! I will price everything fairly and often below my own cost.
So, what can you expect to discover? As you may recall, my daughter and I owned Yellow Bird Art Quilts in Lansing, Iowa from 2005 to 2010. We were a Better Homes & Gardens Top Ten Quilt Shop. Our fabrics were primarily contemporary, batik, orientals and yes, Civil War. We had a distinct collection of items for textile artists: dyes, ribbons of every kind, buttons, handbag hardware and handles, embellishments, hand-dyed wools, and patterns from wild n' crazy to more traditional. When we closed the shop, I brought home a huge collection of fabrics and items which I added to my extensive life long collection of sewing and textile artist supplies.
Every fabric I have is from a high quality source; manufacturers you know and trust. Westminster, Moda, Alexander Henry, Kona Bay, Free Spirit, RJR, Blank, Art Gallery, Lecien, Michael Miller, Marcus, Hoffman, Makower, and many others - you know all these brands! There is absolutely no low grade fabrics in this sale - no junk at all. No kidding. I wouldn't use low grade fabrics or sell them.
- Fat quarter and half yard color and/or themed bundles
- Quilt Starters © themed packs to quick start your quilts
- Yardage with 1 yard minimums
- Hand dyed wool packs
- Ribbons galore ~ jacquards, grosgrain, vintage & antique
- Trims ~ floral, ric-rack, decorative yarn packs
- Embellishments of every type
- Buttons, contemporary, vintage & antique
- Handbag hardware, handles, zippers, handle webbing
- Procion fabric dyes, auxilaries
- Jacquard fabric paints & dye-na-flow
- Jacquard Green Label silk dyes and fixative
- Wool dyes
- Tools for dyeing/embellishing fabrics
- Rubber stamps and stamp pads
- PFD fabrics
- Fabric stabilizers & interfacings
- Fancy designer yarns for fabric embellishment or knitting
- High end knitting yarns (in bundles)
- Juki sit down long arm, table with left top extension, table glider (new!)
- Bernina sewing machine, excellent condition
- Vintage Domestic cabinet sewing machine - cabinet & stool refinished, all attachment and guide book. Amazing condition and great little sewer!
- Patterns galore! Quilt and craft patterns from independent designers, Vogue, McCall's, Butterick, Simplicity.
- Quilt kits from designers like Sue Spargo and others
- Machine embroidery threads, sewing threads, embellishment threads
- Electric Quilt 7 (new in original shrink wrap) & EQ6
- Books on textile arts, quilting, machine art embroidery, sewing, women's arts
I'll be posting photos of items for sale and pricing details in the coming days. Please share these posts with your sewing, quilting and textile artist friends!
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